Fayetteville woman accused of setting fire to home while boyfriend slept

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Fayetteville, N.C. — A Fayetteville woman has been charged with trying to kill her sleeping boyfriend by setting fire to his mobile home, authorities said Monday.

Donna Leslie Dixon-Parker, 48, of 408 Perch Drive, was charged with attempted first-degree murder and first-degree arson. She was being held in the Cumberland County jail under a $600,000 bond.

Firefighters responded to a fire at a mobile home in the 6300 block of Camden Road in Fayetteville at about 2 a.m. Sunday after a friend of 67-year old Bobby Bryant discovered him asleep in a smoke-filled room, authorities said.